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View Poll Results: Favorite Downtown in the World
Vancouver 6 2.26%
Toronto 14 5.26%
NYC 71 26.69%
Philidelphia 4 1.50%
Chicago 27 10.15%
Paris 10 3.76%
London 58 21.80%
Amsterdam 8 3.01%
Prague 4 1.50%
Rome 1 0.38%
Stockholm 3 1.13%
Oslo 0 0%
Sydney 15 5.64%
Melbourne 2 0.75%
Seoul 2 0.75%
Tokyo 9 3.38%
Hong Kong 13 4.89%
Shanghai 0 0%
Mexico city 5 1.88%
Sao Paul 2 0.75%
Lima 1 0.38%
Carcass 2 0.75%
LA 5 1.88%
Seattle 3 1.13%
Portland 1 0.38%
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Old 11-24-2013, 06:33 PM
 
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La Défense is a CBD, but not really a downtown.


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Yank Philadelphia's downtown from the list, and list would be just fine. I was just in Downtown Philadelphia. It's not even the top 100 best in the world. Have you been to Philadelphia. I gather that you're from another country and may not know everything.
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Old 11-24-2013, 08:02 PM
 
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Wow! Now that is energy. I had no idea Sydney was that lively

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Old 11-24-2013, 10:33 PM
 
Location: Satellite Of Love
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You get some of those large estates with the Gold Coast mansions right outside of the city. There's also Wave Hill in the Bronx.
I was thinking of something much grander or palatial, and in the style of the previous century.
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:14 AM
 
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Wow! Now that is energy. I had no idea Sydney was that lively
It doesn't match Philly's downtown dynamic at all. No history, no substance and not much character as Downtown Philly has. It's semi sterile. Sydney is not center of its residents' life as Philly's Center City is. No comparison
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:16 AM
 
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Sydney's CBD is just an office park with some housing. There are few museums and several theaters. It has shopping downtown for tourists/workers alike, mostly clustered on Pitt St. Mall. That's about it.
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Old 11-25-2013, 04:23 AM
 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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^ have you even been to Sydney? Sydney's downtown is pretty popping even after hours.
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Old 11-25-2013, 04:10 PM
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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I'd like NYC better if it had a mix of streets like these:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tower...115.78,,0,-2.2

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tower...73.02,,0,-3.89

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tower...14.54,,0,-8.16
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Old 11-25-2013, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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It does^^^
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=china...209.5,,0,10.32

well just a bit more dirty

Or Italian style
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=china...,,0,-1.97&z=15

How abut Korean Style

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=korea...38.23,,0,-7.54


Lets do Russian style

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=brigh...107.11,,0,7.99
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Old 11-25-2013, 04:28 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Soooo confusing to navigate though.
Manhattans simple grid pattern is very easy to navigate and the nice wide straight avenues make the city look very large and powerful looking with the 'skyscraper canyons'

http://goo.gl/maps/KXWHC
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Old 11-25-2013, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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There's usually no need to navigate through the smaller streets, and if you live there, you remember them anyway. That tiny narrow street first posted by nei - if you end up there, you probably knew about it already.
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